10 Mar
SEVE BALLESTEROS was the special guest at a presentation in Madrid of El Legado, a project created to help talented young sportsmen and women in Spain to develop their potential. […]
8 Mar
(Photo: Luis Corralo)
THE THIRD edition of the Haiti Charity Pro-Am at Alcaidesa Links Golf Resort (in Cádiz province) was such a resounding success that the complex’s two courses were needed to accommodate a total of 160 players, including 40 professionals – all of whom were keen to support the Caribbean country, one of the poorest in the world, which suffered the effects of a devastating earthquake in January. […]
19 Feb
IN HIS FIRST PUBLIC appearance in three months, since a car accident on 27 November precipitated one of most spectacular falls from grace in sporting history, Tiger Woods said he was sorry for his infidelities and said he would continue to undergo treatment before one day returning to the game.
“Now every one of you has good reason to be critical of me,” said Woods during a carefully managed press conference at the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse. “I want to say to each of you, simply and directly, I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour I engaged in.
“I do plan to return to golf one day, I just don’t know when that day will be. I don’t rule out that it will be this year. When I do return, I need to make my behaviour more respectful of the game.”
12 Feb
(Photo: Jorge Andréu)
By PEDRO BOLICHERO
THE LAST TIME the Open de Andalucía was held at Málaga’s venerable Parador course, Miguel Ángel Jiménez delighted local fans with a resounding four-stroke victory. Now the Churriana-born player will be back at the course from 25 to 28 March in his dual role as promoter of the tournament and one of the European Tour’s established leading lights. […]
10 Feb
LA QUINTA Golf & Country Club has become one of the first courses on the Costa del Sol to adapt its amenities and practices in line with a newly announced decree by the Junta de Andalucía (regional government). […]
8 Feb
Dual role as promoter of Open de Andalucía at Aloha in 2008 (Photo: Josele Sánchez)
By PEDRO BOLICHERO
IT WAS TOWARDS the end of 2003 and the Coast’s favourite golfing son, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, was mingling with guests at a presentation lunch in the La Quinta clubhouse. He stopped to chat with a group of local journalists, including yours truly, who noted that the golfer’s 40th birthday was coming up (5 January) and made some jocular remark about getting old (he himself having passed the milestone several years before). Feigning indignation, Jiménez retorted, “Old? What do you mean – not at all!”, winked and moved on to a less incriminatory group. […]
21 Jan
MÁLAGA-BORN Pablo Martín, winner of the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa (first event of the 2010 European Tour), was presented with the La Cala Resort Junior Masters Player of the Year award at a ceremony to launch this year’s Junior Masters tournament. […]
17 Dec
Fernández-Castaño and general manager Javier Subijana
EUROPEAN TOUR champion Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño has received the keys to his new home at Valle Romano Golf & Resort – a project he endorses on his travels in Spain and around the world. […]
5 Dec
Best Friends For(now): Felipe Ortiz-Patiño, Luciano Alonso and Keith Waters (Photo: Juan José Úbeda)
By PEDRO BOLICHERO
1 Nov
By PEDRO BOLICHERO
HE WAS DUBBED “The English Patient” by the Spanish press. Inscrutably focused, betraying hardly any emotion as he strode purposefully around the Finca Cortesín course, ranked 10th of the 16 players in the starting field of the Volvo World Match Play Championship, Ross Fisher beat Camilo Villegas on the first day, then lost to Lee Westwood and defeated Jeev Milkha Singh on the second day to top Group D and gain a semi-final place against reigning US Masters champion Angel Cabrera. […]
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